NEW DELHI: Following the get together’s sudden loss within the Haryana elections, Congress’s INDIA bloc accomplice in Maharashtra focused it, suggesting a re-evaluation of election technique. Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, Saamana, in its editorial, focused Congress on Wednesday. Coming down closely on Bhupinder Hooda and Congress management, the Saamana editorial mentioned that the explanation for the get together’s defeat in Haryana was overconfidence.
“The outcomes of the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir meeting elections are shocking for each the BJP and Congress. In Haryana, the Congress’s defeat is attributed to over confidence. Nobody was firmly saying that the BJP would return to energy in Haryana. Total, the ambiance steered that Congress would win decisively; nevertheless, the artwork of the best way to flip a victory right into a defeat may be realized from Congress.”
Saamana mentioned that there was an anti-BJP ambiance in Haryana. “The scenario was such that BJP ministers and candidates weren’t being allowed to enter the villages of Haryana, but the leads to Haryana went in opposition to the Congress. Regardless of the favorable scenario in Haryana, the Congress couldn’t capitalize on it. This occurs everytime with the Congress,” the editorial additional mentioned.
The editorial additionally attributed the rift between Bhupinder Hooda and Kumari Shelja as a motive for Congress’s dismal efficiency, saying, “Hooda and his folks publicly humiliated Shelja and the Congress excessive command in Delhi could not cease it. BJP was in a position to win Haryana as a result of Congress’s organisation was weak”.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut additionally focused the grand-old-party, saying, “INDIA alliance couldn’t win in Haryana as a result of the Congress felt they’d win on their very own and they didn’t want another accomplice in energy. Congress chief Hooda Ji felt we’d win. In the event that they (Congress) had shared seats with the Samajwadi Get together, AAP, or different smaller events, the outcomes would have been totally different.”
“If Congress needs to go solo all around the nation, then it ought to announce that so everybody else can be free to take their very own determination of their respective states,” the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief added.
Raut additionally praised the BJP for its efficiency in Haryana. “I imagine the election that the BJP has fought is superb. The BJP gained a misplaced battle,” Raut mentioned.
In the meantime, different INDIA bloc companions, together with AAP and CPI, additionally questioned the Congress get together‘s method within the meeting elections. Leaders from the AAP, who had hoped to type an alliance with Congress in Haryana, mentioned that probably the most important takeaway from the latest elections was to keep away from being “overconfident”.
“The largest lesson of that is that one ought to by no means be overconfident within the elections,” mentioned former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
“No election must be taken frivolously. Every election and every seat is hard,” he additional mentioned whereas addressing a gathering of the AAP municipal councillors at an occasion on Tuesday.
The Communist Get together of India (CPI) additionally raised considerations in regards to the Congress get together’s election technique in Haryana and mentioned the Congress’s determination to not go for seat sharing labored in opposition to it.
D Raja, the final secretary of the CPI, mentioned, “Congress get together should do critical introspection. It has to do some self-critical evaluation of its personal technique and techniques.”.
“INDIA bloc events ought to work with mutual belief in one another, and mutual lodging in time of seat sharing. This didn’t occur in Haryana,” D Raja added.
